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Released: September 1970
Chart Peak: #151
Weeks Charted: 4
After a long period of recovery, medicrity, and general disaster, the Beach Boys have finally produced an album that can stand with Pet Sounds : the old vocal and instrumental complexity has returned andthe result largely justifies the absurd faith some of us have had that the Beach Boys were actually still capable of producing a superb rock album -- or, more precisely, a superb rock muzak album. "Add Some Music to Your Day"; hip supermarkets might program this album for contented browsing among the frozen vegetables and canned fruit.
As a reassuring note, most of the lyric impotence of the group remains, though not so prominently displayed as on such colorful recent outings as Friends. In what is mainly a simple collection of love songs, Dennis Wilson has explored some aspects of rhythm and blues while Brian continues to work within his own distinctive framework. Thus on the one hand we have "It's About Time" and "Slip on Through," hints of the soft hard rock that marked "I Get Around," "Help Me Rhonda," etc., transferred to the domain of contemporary Motown. Dennis even pulls off a rib-tickling imitation of Barry Melton imitating James Brown on "Got to Know the Woman." All of these tracks are executed with a certain aplomb that often was lacking in post-"Good Vibrations" Beach Boy music, as if the self-consciousness of such homogenizing enterprise as making a new Beach Boy record has been again overcome. As a result, the naivete of the group is more astounding than ever -- I mean, good Christ, it's 1970 and here we have a new, excellent Beach Boys' epic, and isn't that irrelevant?
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Album Review: Surf's Up
Album Review: Holland
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Album Review: 15 Big Ones
The Beach Boys Love You
Album Review: That's Why
God Made the Radio
Album Review: Dennis
Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Album Review: Brian
Wilson - SMiLE
Wilson - No Pier Pressure
Beach Boys FAQ
Beach Boys Lyrics
Beach Boys Videos
Brian Wilson Mugshots
In any case, Brian's new stuff is great, especially "This Whole World" and "All I Wanna Do." Which brings up the engineering and production work on this album: it's flawless, especially in view of the number of overdubs. There is a warmth, a floating quality to the stereo that far surpasses the mixing on, say, Abbey Road. The effects are subtle, except for the outrageous echo on "All I Wanna Do" that makes the song such a mind-wrenching experience. And then there is "Cool, Cool Water," Brian's exquisite ode to water in all its manifestations, which, like "Add Some Music," is encyclopedic in its trivial catalogue of the subject at hand. "Cool, Cool Water" pulls off a Smiley Smile far better than most of the material on that disapproving venture.
The inevitable saccharine ballads are present in abundance. "Deirdre" and particularly Brian's "Our Sweet Love" rejoin the ongoing tradition of "Surfer Girl," although "Our Sweet Love" is most reminiscent of the mood of Pet Sounds. Of course there is some lesser stuff here, like "At My Window." No matter: as a whole, Sunflower is without doubt the best Beach Boys album in recent memory, a stylistically coherent tour de force. It makes one wonder though whether anyone still listens to their music, or could give a shit about it. This album will probably have the fate of being taken as a decadent pice of fluff at a time when we could use more Liberation Music Orchestras. it is decadent fluff -- but brilliant fluff. The Beach Boys are plastic madmen, rock geniuses. The plastic should not hide form use the geniuses who molded it.
- Jim Miller, Rolling Stone, 10/1/70.
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Pop music and the Beach Boys are an historic alliance, and the Beach Boys' unmistakable soaring harmonies from the heyday of California rock 'n' roll still color the more studied material of this debut LP from their own label. Some of the cuts are heavier Beach Boys, as in the production, but harmonies prevail like yesteryear on "Slip on Through," "It's About Time," and "All I Wanna Do." Chart hits for the tapping.
- Billboard, 1970.
If you can feature the great candy-stripes grown up, then this is far more satisfying, I suspect, than Smile ever would have been. The medium-honest sensibility is a little more personal now, soulful in a Waspy way. Maybe they weren't really surfers or hot rodders, but they were really Southern Californians, and that's what their music was about. It still is, too, only now they sing about water, broken marriages, and the love of life. Still a lot of fun, too. A-
- Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide, 1981.
The group's first new '70s album, and a highpoint for all concerned, from the transcendental doo-wop music of "This Whole World" to the simple pleasantries of "Add Some Music." * * *
- Bruce Eder, The All-Music Guide to Rock, 1995.
A year after they were dropped by Capitol, and just as Brian Wilson began his psychological descent, the Beach Boys scraped together the remarkable Sunflower. The warm harmonies and dreamy textures of "Cool, Cool Water" and "Forever" show Carl and Dennis Wilson stepping up to fill Brian's place.
Sunflower was chosen as the 380th greatest album of all time by the editors of Rolling Stone magazine in Dec. 2003.
- Rolling Stone, 12/11/03.
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Teams returned to Hershey for the first time since last year's state meet on Saturday. The 12th PIAA Foundation Invitational gave us a little bit better idea of how the state situation looks as we prepare to head into the final week of September.
In a rare opportunity to see teams from all PIAA districts compete against each other before states, we saw some great inter-classification battles on the hills.
The Hershey course that has been in place since the 2016 season was slightly different on Saturday. Because of flooding in the back loop, the final mile was changed to account for the swampy conditions. The race didn't end with Poop-Out Hill in the final 200 meters. Instead, runners went up the side of Poop-Out on a gradual incline. Some PIAA sources have indicated there's a good chance the course's modifications will stay in place for November's state meet.


I have been traveling a lot lately. Quite literally my family and I bounced from Atlanta to DC to New York all within a span of a week, but I must say we had a fantastic time together as a family despite all the heavy travel.
In Atlanta and New York we stayed at the W Hotel in midtown and W Hotel in Times Square respectively. The first time I stayed at a W Hotel was in Chicago at its Lakeshore property a few years ago and I loved it! With the fabulous Chicago location deeply burned in my memory the Atlanta and Times Square locations didn't disappoint.
Blogalicious 2009 was held at the midtown Atlanta W so I was familiar with the hotel but I didn't stay there and had not seen the rooms. The room was much like I experienced in Chicago except it was much more Atlanta-like with darker colors and a much bigger minibar! There was wine and large bottles of spirits on top of the desk in addition to your run-of-the-mill minibar beverages in the frig. I couldn't help but think, "Wow! Their guests must drink a lot!" Granted, I haven't been to the W in Chicago for some time but I don't remember a minibar that was so stocked.
As is the case with all W hotels the bathroom was really the standout feature. I adored their bathroom and, of course, the Bliss products.
We enjoyed our view at the W Midtown and we also loved that we were just a short walk to Atlanta's popular Piedmont park. The only things I didn't like about the W Midtown was the room service options weren't that great and the "Whatever Whenever" service was lacking. I think that's because a big music conference was happening the same weekend we were there, so I definitely cut the staff some slack.
A few days later we checked into the glitzy W Times Square and we were extremely pleased by the look of the hotel. Oftentimes Times Square hotels can be very run down and worn out, but you could immediately tell that the W Times Square is well taken care of. I appreciate that because I love staying anywhere near Times Square. Can't you tell I'm a giddy tourist?
I loved the decor in the W Times Square better than the property in Atlanta. The muted browns and fuschias really worked for me as well as the large abstract paintings on the wall. Plus, the room service options were phenomenal and tasted divine.
I also loved the lounge chair that looked out onto Times Square, even if I could only see a sliver of it between the buildings.
On the main level of the W Times Square is the Blue Fin restaurant that serves magnificent seafood and sushi that you can also order for in-room dining. The food was delicious, but also very expensive. But what would you expect for New York?
While I love Kimpton hotels for their individual charm, I love the W hotels chain for its luxury.
Save Before Your Book: We got some surprisingly great rates at both locations. Be sure to compare rates at the major travel Web sites – Travelocity, Expedia, Hotels.com, and Priceline. And, also look at the hotel web sites to find current deals.
If you ever get the opportunity, visit the W in Vieques Island. Oh. My. Goodness. We went for a girls weekend and I can't wait to go back with my husband.
Oh, I can only imagine. Now I have my eyes set on Puerto Rico!
It was so GREAT to see you in Atlanta during your stay!


Digital Era has ushered a lot of changes in our lifestyle, but it has also helped business broaden their horizon and their customer base to countries once thought out of reach.
Facebook is currently the network of choice for more than a billion users in the world and this very platform has helped SMBs grow at unprecedented rate. The gargantuan social network is arguably the world's biggest market and still offers a lot of untapped opportunity for business owners to expand their reach.
– Dynamic Language Optimization, which allows advertisers to create a single ad set and Facebook adjust the language according to region. Advertisers can choose from six different languages to choose to appeal in their key areas of interest and Facebook's algorithm will do the matching.
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These are exciting times for business owners who want to grow their footprint and expand their market vision and revenue. Facebook is arguably the world's most complex and precise targeting system and with that update it sets the pace for regional and global advertising practices.


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Students from various high schools had a sleepover at Richmond City Hall in support of modular housing for the homeless.
After hearing from passionate residents during a special council meeting that packed council chambers, and extended over two nights last week, Richmond City Council has approved a temporary modular housing project at 7300 Elmbridge Way.
The project will provide 40 new homes with supportive services for the homeless within the community.
Council voted toauthorize staff to negotiate terms for a five-year ground leasewith BC Housing for the city-owned property. Staff were also authorized to negotiate a memorandum of understanding with BC Housing and RainCity Housing outlining roles and responsibilities for operation of the new facility. Staff were directed to concluded negotiations on the two agreements within two months and report back to council.
Council also directed staff to continue to work with BC Housing and other housing providers to seek additional permanent supportive and affordable housing options in Richmond.
The supportive housing project will address the immediate needs of vulnerable people in the community struggling to find a stable place to live.


The principle differentiator between open and closed source software these days is supposedly support. The quality gap between the two camps has either closed or Open Source is widely recognized to be superior. The primary reason today for not adopting an open source solution (where there is a business case for doing so) is that there may not be any support for the software. This is certainly a big part of the FUD campaign pursued by Microsoft against Open Source and Linux. I suggest that "the support myth" is just that – mythical.
If you use Windows, are you free to contact Microsoft and ask for help? No, not really – you maintain a busy in-house staff to take care of this for you, and to reinstall the operating system or reboot the workstation or server (!) as your primary troubleshooting methods. If there is a glitch in Word, can you do anything about it? No, you can't. You can complain and whine, but you cannot fix it or get it fixed. Once a new version of Word is out, you can take your chances and buy a new license, and then hope that your problem got fixed, and that any new features don't break your workflow, render your old documents unreadable or require a new training course. Most closed source software "support" is not supportive, and can only help you in narrow ways when the software is broken, but never when it's wrong.
A common complaint of those confronted with the Open Source model is the claim that while you are permitted to change the source of your software, you lack the expertise to do so, which makes it a non-advantage. The counter to this is that, if you need a feature or a bug fix, you can simply sponsor a hack-a-thon to get it implemented, supporting the community and getting your needed fix far faster and more cheaply than hiring a consultant or having fully customized software written. There are a lot of changes required in the way that people think of software development in an Open Source world, but those changes will be easier to make once you shed your belief in the outmoded "support myth".


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I would love to get this into all of the New Jersey resident kitchens in time for Jersey tomato season.
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Makes a great gift the big beer drinker in your life! See more information about the NJ Beer Cap Map.
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Weighs 9 pounds and holds up to 225 pounds. This is a great gift idea. Grab your New Jersey beach chair today!
Add a personalized message on the candle lid. Makes a great housewarming gift.
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18 x 24 inch Michael Tompsett fine art New Jersey map.
Awesome contemporary gallery-wrapped canvas art.
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Artist Michael Tompsett really nailed it with this amazing contemporary NYC skyline print.
Free shipping. Makes a great gift. Check it out here.
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Makes a great gift for mom, your girlfriend or the kiddies!
Grab this silver pendant here. Also see this gold plated NJ charm necklace. See all NJ pendants.
Mug holds 11 ounces and is dishwasher safe.
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why plant medicine? because, as one of my teachers said, people should have choices. for me, it's about reconnecting and building a deeper sense of trust with nature. if you're curious about how i went from mean-mugging plants, to sitting with them and telling them my fears, i wrote about it here.
herbs are exciting to me because they work with our body's special blueprint for healing. aka, they just get us. herbs heal by bringing our bodies back into balance.
for example, some herbs (called adaptogens) work gently with our bodies to 'adapt' to stress by shifting our stress response. tulsi (also known as holy basil) is an adaptogenic herb i took daily in tincture form to help ground me in the present and clear mental fog. after two months, i was so surprised that i felt more mental clarity and ease in sharing my ideas with others. of course, the magic of an herb is when we notice that it actually works!
if you are taking prescription medication, i ask that you check in with your practitioner and do your research about potentially harmful drug/plant interactions.
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cuculmeca is a root herb related to Sarsaparilla and is also known as China root. grown and harvested by BriBri farmers in the Talamanca region of Costa Rica.
it takes a loooong time to mature (up to 40 years). so we use it mindfully.
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Q: Where do you store your database connectionstring? I usually store my connectionstring in web.config or in the application settings of my Visual Studio project. The application I'm currently working on makes a lot of trips to the database which means it will look up the connectionstring every time. Should I be putting the connectionstring in the cache or should I be looking at storing the whole SqlConnection object in the cache to eliminate the need to open and close them all the time?
Update: Seems like the consensus is to store the connection string in a configuration file and leave the caching in the trusting hand of ADO.NET

A: I wouldn't cache the connection object, that will defeat the built-in connection pooling -- ADO.NET will handle connections (assuming you instantiate and close them) efficiently by itself.
As far as the connection string itself, you shouldn't need to cache it if you load it from connection -- the connection manager object in the .NET 2.0 framework loads the config into memory when you first access it, so there are no repeat trips to the file system.

A: The web.config is cached.  But even if it wasn't, don't forget that ado.net maintains a connection pool - its not opening a new connection every time you make a call to the db.

A: I usually cache the connection string in a global configuration object in my application.  This value is loaded up at the beginning of program execution from where ever it is stored -- file, encrypted file, config file, etc.  ADO.NET is very good at caching connection objects to the database so I would not cache the SqlConnection object.

A: Keep it in a configuration file.  Use a robust data access strategy provided by tools like NHibernate or Linq to Sql.

A: From what I can recall the contents of the .config file are held in memory anyway... I'll get back to you.
Edit: What HE said

A: A possible solution:
Store the initial encrypted connection string ( in Web.Config or App.Config) for a login allowed to run only one stored procedure for authentication. Than switch the login dynamically from encrypted values stored in a config table in the db.

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Rotherham United: Feature ... Goodbye Dexter Blackstock after an ill-fated season with the Millers
He was just days into his Rotherham United career but this would be his best performance in all his time at the club.
Wednesday, 12 July, 2017, 16:00
Dexter Blackstock
"If I can put my experience across to some of the younger lads and the ones not familiar with the league, it will definitely be vital as you don't want players finding their feet but losing games at the same time. You can't do that for too long in this league."
"I am not coming to Rotherham to be the only man and it's all on me, as we need the whole squad. But in terms of being involved heavily, it is definitely a big draw."
Dexter Blackstock was at least talking a good game with the media after joining the Millers in early September last year.
Sat with deep-voiced assuredness at a table at the club's Roundwood training base, he came across as affable, intelligent, ready to play his part as a senior pro after being the only striker to join the club in then-manager Alan Stubbs' summer-long recruitment drive.
Today, the 31-year-old parted company with Rotherham; his bank balance boosted, but with his reputation in this pocket of South Yorkshire in tatters.
He started five matches, came on 12 times as a substitute, completed 90 minutes only once, scored a solitary goal and collected a weekly salary thought to be touching five figures as the club were relegated from the Championship.
Damned by statistics. Damned by his air of lethargy and disinterest. Damned by displays where he appeared as if he wasn't giving his all. Damned by looking as if he didn't care.
All things considered, probably the worst signing in Millers history.
Rotherham were desperate for a frontman and he knew it. After his pay-off from Nottingham Forest, he had options. The Millers, with the transfer window closed and only free agents available, didn't. He demanded big bucks and a three-year deal and got them.
He leaves with a settlement. Not two seasons' worth of money, after a wage cut following demotion, but still a decent sum. Just as he turned up 10 months ago and did very well for himself, he negotiated his own hard Dexit.
Paul Warne, now in permanent charge after a spell as caretaker manager which started at the end of November, started Blackstock only twice - and one of those occasions was when Peter Odemwingie pulled out minutes before the January FA Cup home clash against Oxford United.
Spectators were shocked by the apparent paucity of his commitment in the opening 45 minutes. 'Money for Nothing' was played over the public-address system at the interval and the forward never appeared for the second half of that embarrassing 3-2 home defeat against a side from a division below. Even the New York Stadium DJ was getting in on the act.
Warne, all about hunger, desire and unstinting effort as a player and exactly the same now he's in management, saw no Millers future for the attacker. Neither did fans who are partial to witnessing said hunger, desire and workrate.
On-the-record messages in May and June that the club would do their best to get the most out of their centre-forward didn't tally with what was going on behind the scenes. The Millers knew that to reveal publicly they were ready to negotiate would only strengthen Blackstock's bargaining position. Talks had gone so far by the end of last month that he never came back for pre-season training.
Rotherham saw nothing of the man who began his career in the Premier League and had spent more than 10 seasons in the second tier, scoring at the rate of around a goal every four matches in his 300-plus appearances.
One Millers player who'd encountered Blackstock in the past spoke of what a tough opponent he had been, and the frontman had obviously been handy in his day. Respectful receptions from supporters at two of his previous clubs, Forest and QPR, as he warmed up on the touchline at the City Ground and Loftus Road were testament to that - and far removed from the brewing hostility at his own ground.
By the time he arrived at Rotherham, something had diminished his physicality and attitude.
His one goal came in a losing cause at Norwich City just before Stubbs was sacked last October. His one decent display came a fortnight later in a 2-2 draw at Ipswich Town during Kenny Jackett's short time in the hot-seat.
The rest of his performances ranged from poor to abject. 2/10 against the U's. 3/10 in the 5-0 February collapse at Cardiff City. Brought off before the hour mark in both.
Still, he always had the blinder in that upstairs room at Roundwood to fall back on.
"I had been at Forest for seven seasons. The club was great with me, the fans were great and I had great times there. But there just comes a time to leave.
"A new manager came in with different methods and I had to decide whether I wanted to be a bit-part player, which I have never been in my whole career, or come to a club and be more involved and it be more of a challenge."
Rotherham will learn from a painful, expensive mistake. Don't expect to see a long-term contract with record reimbursement being awarded to a 30-something in chairman Tony Stewart's reign again.
The player complained that he needed a run of games to find his best form while doing nothing to suggest he deserved a place in the starting 11.
On February 22, during a 4-2 loss at Brentford, he came on in the 84th minute. After that, with Rotherham plummeting into League One, he never featured again.
He didn't refuse to be a substitute - too clever for that - but let it be known he didn't like it.
Warne felt his struggling side would be better served by better characters and, thus, as a sorry campaign drew to a close, the Millers' biggest ever earner didn't sit on the bench or even in the stand.
Midfielder Lee Frecklington, in the midst of injury woes he hopes are now behind him, was always at New York to support the side. So too Dominic Ball, the young defender in limbo after his loan move to Peterborough United went sour. Kirk Broadfoot spent most of the campaign recovering from back surgery yet was a regular in the player seats close to the Press box.
Not Blackstock.
Damned by his absence. Damned by his indifference. Damned by his failure. Damned by his Roundwood rhetoric which promised much and delivered so little.
"It is no secret where Rotherham have come in a short space of time. It is now their third season in the Championship and they want to move up the division and become a more steady, sustainable Championship club and hopefully go from there."
Then, bearing in mind what was to come, the most unpalatable line of all ...
"I will put everything into Rotherham."


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Nursing Homes: 95 Deaths, No Violations
by Whitney Bryen June 5, 2020 June 5, 2020
An ambulance is seen outside of a senior living facility in Oklahoma City on March 28. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
After COVID-19 reached Oklahoma, the state health department began coronavirus-specific inspections of nursing homes, focusing on facilities already exposed.
Inspectors found no violations in the 10 nursing homes with the largest outbreaks, in which 698 residents and staff have tested positive and 95 have died.
Those facilities, which account for about half of all COVID-19 deaths and infections in state long-term care centers, were found by inspectors to be in compliance with CDC guidelines.
An Oklahoma Watch review of state data shows health officials conducted more than 200 infection control inspections to ensure those who care for the elderly and infirmed are following updated protocols.
Only one facility has been cited for violations.
An inspector spent three days recording violations last month at Hillcrest Nursing Center in Moore, where the staff was treating COVID-19 patients without medical-grade masks or face shields and residents were roaming the halls without masks.
"This is a death penalty for the residents and that requires extreme accountability by the agency that's charged with protecting them."
Esther Houser, former long-term care ombudsman for the state
Esther Houser, who has spent 40 years advocating for nursing home residents in her official capacity with the state and now as a volunteer, said the lack of violations shows egregious apathy among state leaders and puts Oklahoma's most vulnerable population at risk.
"This is a death penalty for the residents and that requires extreme accountability by the agency that's charged with protecting them," said Houser, who worked as the state's long-term care ombudsman until she retired in 2014.
Nursing Homes With Most COVID-19 Infections
Resident and Staff Cases
Bartlesville Health and Rehabilitation Community 92 20
PARCway Post Acute Recovery, Oklahoma City 86 10
Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy, Norman 84 10
Adams PARC Post Acute Recovery Center 81 10
Grove Nursing Center 78 16
Fairmont Skilled Nursing and Therapy 57 2
Coweta Manor Nursing Home 56 11
Sunset Estates of Purcell 56 2
Franciscan Villa, Broken Arrow 54 6
Southern Hills Rehabilitation Center, Tulsa 54 8
Inspectors paid three visits to Bartlesville Health and Rehabilitation Community, where nearly all of the facility's residents have tested positive for COVID-19, according to health department reports. Its 92 confirmed cases among residents and staff are the most for any state long-term care facility. Twenty people have died.
On March 19, April 13 and April 21, an inspector spent hours observing workers at the Bartlesville facility as they cleaned and cared for patients. Managers and staff were interviewed about hand hygiene and how often they changed masks, gloves and gowns. No violations were recorded from any of those three visits.
Officials from Bartlesville Health and Rehabilitation Community did not respond to calls and a Facebook message requesting an interview.
Fewer Eyes on Resident Care
Bartlesville Health and Rehabilitation Community has the state's largest COVID-19 outbreak, according to state health department reports. Nearly all of the facility's residents contracted COVID-19. (Photo provided)
Many facilities with the worst outbreaks have been inspected more than once. Health officials said in an email that repeat visits are part of the state's ongoing monitoring practices and not an indication of poor care.
State officials declined requests to interview inspectors and supervisors. But in an email, Assistant Deputy Commissioner James Joslin said inspectors have visited more than 90 nursing homes, assisted living facilities and veteran centers with at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 and others without any cases.
Inspection reports are available online and searchable only by the facility. There are more than 650 long-term care facilities in Oklahoma, including 308 nursing homes, making it difficult to confirm how many inspections have been completed since the onset of COVID-19 and whether the state focused its efforts in any geographic areas.
Oklahoma Watch requested investigation reports in April using the state's open records law. After initially refusing the request, the state pointed back to the website and did not provide the documents.
A review of inspection data on 91 facilities with COVID-19 cases found that many of the reports are not yet published to the website. Even available reports lack specifics about what inspectors did or found.
The state reports all violations to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal oversight agency. All cited facilities are required to provide a written plan of correction to the state and have the option to dispute the violations.
In April, Oklahoma Watch reported that masks, gloves and gowns were scarce in nursing homes, making it difficult to follow expanded CDC protocols. Federal data released Thursday shows facilities across the country are still struggling to maintain adequate supplies and face staff shortages —both of which could constitute infection-control violations under COVID-19 standards.
Teri Murphy, left, and Sheryl Kline, of the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps., gather boxes of personal protection equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to send out to facilities in the state at a warehouse where the State of Oklahoma has amassed a stockpile for its COVID-19 response. The state distributed five-to-seven day supplies of PPE to all Oklahoma nursing homes after Oklahoma Watch reported that facilities were struggling to keep up. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Houser, who now works with legislators to develop policies to protect aging Oklahomans, said the reports show a "ridiculous lack of enforcement." She said violations are likely being overlooked or intentionally left off the record in facilities where the majority of residents contracted the virus.
Families are unable to check on their loved ones in person because visitation is still suspended statewide to ensure the coronavirus is kept out. Some facilities are not allowing hospice worker visits to minimize the risk of exposure. And staff shortages are widespread due to infections, quarantines and constantly changing protocols.
With fewer eyes on resident care, Houser said, it is more important than ever for health officials to ensure residents are protected.
"If there's a sense that nobody's looking or nobody cares, then they're not going to change anything," she said.
But state officials and industry representatives say the virus can be unavoidable even with the best infection control practices in place.
Dr. David Dosa
Dr. David Dosa, an associate professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown University who has spent his career studying nursing homes and disasters, said the virus is difficult to detect and control because many patients don't experience symptoms. The virus is new, which amplified contagion. And without proven treatments or a vaccine, exposure in these facilities can come down to "the luck of the draw," he said.
"We're finding out that it's a little bit random where it's showing up," said Dosa, who studied the effect of the coronavirus epidemic on nursing homes and published guidelines for protecting residents in March. "I don't think there's a huge relationship with the quality of care and where we're seeing outbreaks."
Joslin said inspectors can only record what they see while they're on-site. Video training on CDC guidelines, weekly information calls to check in with providers and infection control consultations are in place to help ensure facilities are implementing best practices, he said.
What Inspections Look Like
A worker is seen entering Hillcrest Nursing Center in Moore on June 3. An Oklahoma health department inspector recorded nine infection-control violations during a visits to the nursing home May 6 through 9. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
A single failed inspection report and a nursing home manager who was present for three inspections provide details into the state's process.
An inspector recorded nine violations at Hillcrest Nursing Center in Moore, where 18 residents and staff have tested positive for the virus and one has died. The report was uploaded last week to the department's website.
Click to read the 38-page report from Hillcrest Nursing Center.
It was 5:25 p.m. on May 9 when an inspector notified the director of nursing at Hillcrest that her residents were in immediate jeopardy.
A state inspector spent four consecutive days at the facility, according to the report. Staff told the inspector they had received little or no training on infection protocols put in place for COVID-19. The inspector watched as staff entered the building without mandatory screenings for symptoms and temperature checks. Staff working with residents who were positive for COVID-19 were seen wearing the same protective equipment around patients without the virus. One nurse told the inspector that staff members had to share masks.
The facility was cited for failure to:
Implement infection prevention and control to prevent the onset and spread of COVID-19.
Ensure residents wore face masks when they were out of their rooms.
Screen staff and visitors entering the building.
Use proper protective equipment (PPE).
Isolate residents with COVID-19.
Quarantine exposed residents and those returning from the hospital.
Perform environmental cleaning.
Sanitize the food cart and dispose of trays and plates that were used in the unit where virus-positive residents are isolated.
Educate staff on safe resident care.
It's unclear if any penalties will be imposed.
At Franciscan Villa in Broken Arrow, Executive Director Marla Heckman was on-site for all three of the nursing home's inspections.
Heckman used to take Saturdays off but after one of her residents tested positive for the virus, she moved into the facility to keep a closer eye on things. Now, the nursing home has one of the 10 worst outbreaks in the state, as 54 residents and staff tested positive and six have died.
Staff at the Franciscan Villa in Broken Arrow. The center is among the 10 facilities with the state's worst COVID-19 outbreaks. (Provided photo)
It was March 20 when the inspector first arrived – before any residents or staff were confirmed or even suspected of having the virus. The same inspector returned for a second inspection on April 5, two weeks after the facility's first confirmed case, and again on April 23.
The inspector interviewed Heckman and several staff members about the use of protective equipment; observed an employee washing her hands; stood in the food hall during mealtime and watched as trays were sanitized; and took a tour of the wing reserved for residents who had symptoms or tested positive for COVID-19. Heckman said she does not remember the inspector interviewing any residents.
"Once it's in the door, there's not much you can do to stop it."
Marla Heckman, executive director at Franciscan Villa
Heckman said the inspector did not make any recommendations or suggestions for improvement. No violations were cited, according to the reports.
Franciscan Villa's first positive resident was identified on March 28. Heckman said they do not know how the virus got into the facility.
"You can do everything and it still shows up," Heckman said. "Once it's in the door, there's not much you can do to stop it."
The complications of a lingering virus
Nursing homes are trained and set up to respond to respiratory and skin infections and the flu. But the novel coronavirus is not like the flu.
In March, residents at Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy in Norman were among the state's first nursing home residents to test positive for COVID-19.
Grace Skilled Nursing and Therapy was the first nursing home in the state to report that residents had tested positive for COVID-19. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
One inspection was performed at the facility on April 4 and no deficiencies were found, according to the report. Of the facility's 90 residents, at least 72 have tested positive. Ten have died.
"Unfortunately, the nature of the pandemic — which involves a disease which is both highly contagious and easily spread — is that despite every effort on the part of facilities, there are simply no guarantees with respect to arrest of its transmission," the facility said in a statement in response to questions from Oklahoma Watch. "As well, while nursing home residents are no less susceptible to the virus than the general population, they are often at a much higher risk of having a severe outcome."
Steven Buck
Steven Buck, president of Care Providers Oklahoma, which represents the for-profit nursing home industry, said the presence of the virus does not necessarily indicate poor practices. He said asymptomatic staff and changing protocols could explain some of the gaps.
"You're seeing facilities that are in compliance with the guidance of that moment in time," Buck said. "But because of the way this virus lingers and the way it presents in an asymptomatic fashion, what we were doing, which was the correct guidance 30 days ago, may no longer be the best practice."
Houser, who visited nursing homes regularly in her capacity with the state, understands how the virus could get into a facility that's following protocols. But, she said, facilities with wide-spread outbreaks "clearly have deficient practices and it won't change until they're held accountable."
Whitney Bryen
Whitney Bryen is an investigative reporter and visual storyteller at Oklahoma Watch with an emphasis on domestic violence, mental health and nursing homes affected by COVID-19. Contact her at (405) 201-6057...	More by Whitney Bryen


Our CSA program is headed into August this week – hard to believe, August already! It always surprises us that the end of August is just the half-way point for the CSA boxes, theres a ton of bounty to come.
We are still accepting CSA shares for this season, and shares are prorated so folks only pay for the weeks they use. If you know someone considering joining now is a great time to do so, after August 10th the weekly share prices will go up a bit. There's links to the pick-up sites, and share options at the bottom of this page.
This coming week we are finally going to start digging Carrots, pretty exciting! Also we'll probably sneak some hot peppers into the shares Hungarian Hot Wax and Jalapenos are likely candidates. Lettuce may be back – I'd say better than a 50% chance, and Dill and Cilantro are possibles for herbs. Eggplants have been in the Thursday boxes but not Tuesday – so this week we'll try and flip that. Another week or so and we'll start picking Green Peppers more heavily, and the Tomatoes should start really rolling in about then too, but it's possible both of those could end up in the boxes this week too.
Onion – probably those large sweet onions we promised you last week!
Anton and the Early Morning Farm Crew!


A well articulated argument for more investments to boost ridership on the Metro bus system, which has fallen about 20 percent since 2013. The op-ed was written by USC professor James E. Moore II and Tom Rubin, who once served as the chief financial officer of the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
Their primary argument here is that Metro is spending too much money on building new rail projects and that's robbing money from the bus system. Their remedy is to still build rail — but at a slower pace — and shift money to the bus system while lowering fares.
I think their overall argument is valid — that ridership will increase when the bus system is improved. That said, I think it's worth mentioning that Los Angeles County voters in 2008 and 2016 voted to increase the sales tax to fund a number of rail projects. I personally believe those projects will serve the county well in the future as long as they are paired with a better bus network.
Toward that end, Metro has launched a bus network restructuring effort with an eye toward making recommendations and implementing them in 2019 and 2020. More about that here. The study of the bus system will also look at improvements such as more bus lanes and traffic signal adjustments to get buses through intersections quicker.
•Metro is adding all-door boarding to two busy rapid lines — the 720 and 754 — next year.
•Measure M has funds for bus rapid transit projects in the next decade on the NoHo-to-Pasadena corridor, Vermont Avenue and an east-west line across the northern San Fernando Valley. The East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project will add either bus rapid transit or light rail from Van Nuys to the Sylmar-San Fernando Metrolink Station on Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road.
•The Orange Line improvements project — also funded by Measure M — proposes to add crossing gates and a bridge to speed up travel times.
As for the issue of lower fares, I would not get your hopes up. Large transit agencies such as Metro typically do not lower fares because operating costs over time usually rise. Extremely attentive Source readers will recall that a recent financial forecast to the Metro Board showed that Metro is now covering 80 percent of the cost of each ride. The same report mentioned "right sizing" fares at some point in the future. Point of emphasis: Nothing is currently on the table fare-wise.
Quasi-related: Meanwhile, down in The OC, bus ridership increased 19.6 percent over the last year on routes where service was increased, reports Voice of OC. OCTA in 2016 reduced some bus service in the southern part of Orange County in order to add more buses to busier routes in the central and northern parts of the county.
When the contract to build the Regional Connector was awarded by Metro in 2014, the projected opening date was 2020. That date has slipped to a deadline of Dec. 2021 because of issues with utility relocations.
The gist of it: there's a lot of stuff underground in DTLA, including old Department of Water and Power lines and other infrastructure, some of which was known about and some of which was news.
Metro has been reporting the 2021 date for most of this year, FWIW, both on the blog and in the publicly-posted and discussed reports given to the Metro Board's Construction Committee. These are a good resource for those tracking projects (sampling from April 2017 below). But we could have done a better job being specific about it and the LAT story is accurate and fair.
The LAT's editorial page says a city of L.A. zoning plan that would allow 4,200 to 6,000 new residential units near five Expo Line stops doesn't provide enough units. But the editorial doesn't say how many should be added, meaning this is really just an exercise in re-stating the obvious: putting new residential near transit makes sense.
The January 2017 construction project status report listed a "current" opening date of May 2017 (see file:///Users/andrew/Downloads/Program%20Management%20Chief%20Officer%E2%80%99s%20Report%20-%20January%202017%20(1).pdf). Then, the April 2017 construction project status report you posted above lists a "current" opening date of December 2017. Yet, I went back and listened to the April 2017 Construction Committee meeting and did not hear any discussion about this revised schedule, let alone an explanation for the delay. In fact, the April 2017 report lists the schedule as "OK". The February 2017 and March 2017 reports do the same. Are you aware of any substantive discussion informing the board of this delay?
Also, I don't think it's fair to characterize this as "Metro has been reporting the 2021 date for most of this year" as you do above. While technically true, I think it may be misleading given that based on these reports, Metro has encountered a material (7 month) delay in 2017.
Hey that link you included doesn't work. I've never seen anything saying it would open in December 2017. We have had many blog posts with photos and videos showing that it's nowhere near opening.
The January 2017 presentation to the Construction Committee is here: http://metro.legistar1.com/metro/attachments/c7e91ad8-54e4-42c4-a166-c259d262b35e.pdf. It clearly lists May 2021 for revenue operation for the Regional Connector.
As I wrote, we should have put together a post earlier this year saying why we're now saying 2021 instead of 2020 and made clear the difference between the early 2021 and opening 2021. That's on me. That said, we have said "2021" in many blog posts and I don't think the fact the date has gone from 2020 to 2021 is new news, although it's certainly fair news to report.
Sorry that was a typo on my part–I meant May 2021. My point is the January 2017 report listed May 2021 as the opening date (though previous reports had listed July 2021 as the "forecasted date") and then all of a sudden in April 2017 we hear that the May 2021 (or July 2021) date has been pushed to December 2021. That's a 7 (or 5) month delay that I would consider material. Yet in each of the presentations between January 2017 and April 2017, other than changing the date, there was no hint of any struggles. And I didn't hear any discussion of the 7 (or 5) month delay in any of the Construction Committee meetings from January 2017 through April 2017, which is when this delay presumably manifested.
Fair points. I think the PR lesson learned is get out in front of these type of stories, right?
Thanks Steve H for commenting on the Times article about the Connector.
As for the editorial concerning Expo-adjacent development, the 5 West LA stops offer challenges. Culver City and Palms are probably would probably be easier to go more dense as those neighborhoods already have predominantly multi-family housing. There's a snowball's chance that Rancho Park goes denser. Even a redevelopment of the Westside Pavilion would probably not include significant housing. Sepulveda has geographic issues to deal with (and the cement plant development was scaled back). Bundy had opposition to the Cadillac project and has significant single family properties south of Expo.
Good points on the development issues. My issue isn't really with development, but with the LAT editorial page, which I think in recent times takes easy stances on transit and development issues without taking the kind of more specific position that would better serve public discussion.
My reaction when reading the piece was "4200 to 6000" is a significant number. The editorial suggests it's not enough. So the obvious question: how much? where? The Pico corridor? Westwood Boulevard corridor? If the idea is to be a local news/opinion source that's vital to readers, I don't understand the point of taking non-specific positions.
Remove parking minimums, or at least drastically reduce them. This is consistent with the re:code LA recommendations.
low density residential areas to retain their form but allow four-plexes on most properties.
Allow for more housing in the "hybrid industrial" zones. There is already a huge jobs/housing imbalance in this area.
commercial height limits for all structures.
FWIW, the CPC did adopt a few of Abundant Housing's recommendations.
As a former RTD/MTA employee and a native of Los Angeles I can answer many of the questions asked as well as offer a number of suggestions. The Pacific Electric, (Metropolitan Coach Lines, old MTA) offered service in not only Los Angeles County but also Orange County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County at one time. These counties wished to operate their own systems and that was when the RTD was created.
Since the federal government provides the majority of the cost of a new bus, the MTA is required to dispose of the like number of buses. The only way to increase the fleet in fact currently is for the MTA to pay for the full cost of a bus which exceeds $300,000 per bus.
Santa Monica Transit (BBB) has established routes many dating back to it's creation and the MTA can not infringe on their territory and although they have infringed on the MTA's and it's predecessor agencies. This is true for most of the older municipal agencies. Foothill Transit as well as Commuter Express were created originally from former RTD bus lines. Added to that, there are numerous MTA Contractor lines like the 232.
The reason the BBB and others can charge a lower fare is although they carry approximately 60% of the passengers in Los Angeles County, they receive 80% of the tax subsidies. All of these agencies have fought to stay independent of the MTA and limit transfer privileges between them and the MTA.
The number system as outlined by several was instituted in June, 1981. It straightened out the lines that had been created over the years by former agencies that often followed former streetcar routes. Unfortunately since the creation of the MTA some of the lines have been created or altered that do not fit the original criteria.
Buses are scheduled according to best circumstances. But said circumstances do not include detours, heavy traffic, heavy passenger loads and of course breakdowns. While Wilshire Bl. is wide enough to accommodate Bus Only Lanes most streets do not. And why it took several years to re-introduce those Bus Only Lanes on Wilshire and the millions spent to do so is beyond me. A case in point is Santa Monica Bl. Total grid lock westbound in the morning and eastbound at night. There is no room for a Bus Only Lane in either direction except between Century City and the 405 Freeway. Sunset Bl. which is a couple of blocks north of S.M. shares the same problem. This east-west corridor should be a prime candidate for light rail but instead we see the Gold Line being extended out of Los Angeles County to the Montclair Plaza paralleling the Metro Link on the same right of way for miles.
You bring light to some excellent points.
The extra % BBB gets definitely adds to the quality of the ride experience. And the fare is going down 15 cents this month if you use a tap card. Transferring from BBB to Metro (50 cents) is actually more convenient than from one BBB to another BBB (two fares required). BBB biggest criticisms are delays and the bus stops in the city of Santa Monica.
As for westside traffic, costs aside, Metro may eventually regret not running the Purple line all the way to Santa Monica. Not everyone would go downtown on the Purple. A direct Santa Monica to Century City/BH train would take pressure off many of the east/west boulevards.
Its not surprising that old forgotten utilities are underground in DTLA. It seems Los Angeles has a history of only planning ten to fifteen years ahead when anything is built. As in" "If its not operational, bury it and build over it, we'll be fine. Think Bonaventure and the Red Car Tunnel; a very similar instance.
I proper survey and a better EIR could have probably eliminated this, but then again, how? Maybe old records? I'm not too sure, but its a little disappointing that the Regional Connector has become a B (rhymes with witch) of a project for how short it is.
It all sounds expensive too.
@fine7760 are you sure the other transit providers outside of MTA carry 60% of all passengers in the county? seems like MTA coverage is greater,etc… why so high a percentage?
There's also a quality of ride that rail has, that buses generally don't. Buses will lean to the right, they hit potholes and rough pavement, they stop and turn for all sorts of reasons. I'll drive or go rail (and maybe the busways), and I'll avoid buses if I can, just for that reason.
– Buses headed downtown (especially to LAUS from west and south) hit construction and special event traffic more than ever. Why aren't these being mitigated better?
– Communicating with the service councils is very difficult. I've never got a comprehensive response to my bus service issues using the existing non-SC-specific email address. It doesn't help that the South Bay SC refuses to change meeting times or location, even occasionally.
Note to 'housing shortage' complainers, be sure to check out the giant apartment complex soon opening near Yukon and Rosecrans in Hawthorne. Next, check out the expansive 125 bus schedule …. major oops ….


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Paul Abbott's Exile: The prodigal returns
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Shameless sent him to the States – but now Paul Abbott is back with Exile. On set, Amy Raphael hears about Alzheimer's, how to get an all-star cast, and where British TV should head next
Cold comfort … (l to r) Olivia Colman, Jim Broadbent and John Simm in Exile. Photograph: BBC/Red Productions/Matt Squire
When Paul Abbott was in his early 20s, he would regularly do a 10-hour day as a scriptwriter on Coronation Street, spend 90 minutes driving home, and then visit his grandmother. She was in a nursing home and suffering from Alzheimer's; he was, by his own admission, exhausted and bored.
"I used to lay different objects down in front of her and see how many sentences I could get out of her. The smell of lavender, for example, would stimulate an anecdote. I wanted to see if something like a clothes peg would force her to make sense. Otherwise our conversations were dominated by her random amnesia."
Abbott is playful, but not without compassion – this we know, of course, from Shameless, the long-running comedy-drama series drawn from his own childhood as one of eight kids growing up on an estate in Burnley with absent parents. He says that his grandmother's illness wasn't life-changing for him, but those odd, one-sided conversations stuck at the back of his mind. Then, more recently, he watched a couple trading insults in a row.
"It was the epitome of social deafness. It gave me the idea of writing about a character wanting to unpick a monumental event that happened many years earlier. But it's a unilateral argument – the other character hasn't got the capacity to argue because he's got Alzheimer's. I thought it would be interesting for a 40-year-old British male to return home and instead of it being the typical story in which the problem is fixed, he finds it's not fixable."
Initially Abbott was thinking of locating the story in America and writing it as an indie film. But then he talked about the idea with Danny Brocklehurst, a writer he mentored and who won a Bafta for his work on Shameless. Eventually, the story moved to Lancashire and was sold to the BBC as a three-part psychological drama called Exile, written by Brocklehurst with Abbott as executive producer. Exile casts Jim Broadbent as a retired campaigning journalist called Sam, now consumed by the ebb and flow of Alzheimer's; John Simm as his frustrated son Tom, back from a failed career on a lads' mag in London; and Olivia Colman as his worn-out younger sister, Nancy, still living at home. Tom attempts to piece together a major investigative case that Sam was forced to abandon decades earlier and that caused a devastating family rift. Hard as he pushes, however, Tom is faced with an angry, bewildered father who insists he did nothing but sell carpets.
Exile is heartbreaking – from the moment Tom arrives home to find his father barely recognises him, to the scene in which Sam goes jogging in the snow in his vest, pants and socks, to the one in which he reaches absently for a shirt to dry the dishes. It's also brilliantly acted.
"John Simm, who I worked with on State of Play and Clocking Off, is easily one of my top five actors ever," says Abbott. "He can walk on and look like a walnut and then his eyes suddenly become magnetic. We talked to Pete Postlethwaite about playing the father, but he was too ill. Then we asked Jim. I thought I'd had a stroke when he confirmed. These days you can't afford actors at this level as a matter of course, but with a good script you can get them."
While Abbott, now 51, is widely acknowledged as one of the best TV writers of his generation, 39-year-old Brocklehurst is proving himself to be an equally exhilarating one. Broadbent tells me that,
"Danny is to Paul Abbott what Paul Abbott is to Jimmy McGovern"
– suggesting a kind of dynasty of British TV writers. Brocklehurst is currently working on an HBO crime drama called Dirty with Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold; he and Abbott go back a decade, co-writing the second series of Shameless.
"Paul's almost become a brand, with the movie of State of Play and Shameless going to America," says Brocklehurst. "But I try to be me rather than the new Paul Abbott."
Brocklehurst has also worked with McGovern, most recently writing an episode of the intense courtroom drama Accused.
"It was pretty much a laugh-free zone," he concedes. "There's something about working with Jimmy that sucks the laughs away. I keep telling him to put more jokes in! The Lakes was very funny and now he's very serious. It's possible to be both serious and funny. It can work."
Brocklehurst has achieved the balance with Exile; one minute Tom is wiping his father's bottom and wishing out loud that he had "something quick like heart disease or cancer", the next there's a diverting, comical duologue between Tom and Nancy.
On the set of Exile in Ramsbottom, on a chilly January afternoon, Simm is full of cold and doped up on Lemsip. He boasts that he's never had a day off work and then stifles a sneeze. Last seen in blokey Sky1 thriller Mad Dogs, he is in almost every scene in Exile, and, as the shoot comes to an end, is shattered.
"I turned 40 last summer and I haven't even had time to have a mid-life crisis," he says. "Mad Dogs was one of those jobs you do for yourself – we shot it in Mallorca in spring and not on a council estate in Manchester in the middle of winter [unlike Shameless] – and I followed it straight away with Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible. When I was approached about Exile, I initially said no way, I don't want to do anything."
He rubs his eyes and smiles. "But then I read it and thought, 'If I don't do this, some other fucker is going to do it.' I haven't read anything this good since State of Play or Abi Morgan's [2004 drama] Sex Traffic. It's that good. And then at the read-through, there were moments when I'd look up and see Jim across the table and think, 'Wow.' I am in awe of him; he is –" he pauses, embarrassed "– godlike. I knew I couldn't wing it in Exile. I've had to make sure I'm really on it."
'You remember the pain'
Simm did no research into Alzheimer's because his character is not supposed to know anything about it. Broadbent, however, played Iris Murdoch's husband John Bayley in the film Iris, in which the writer's memory slowly but relentlessly dissolves as Alzheimer's sets in. Broadbent's own mother also had the disease. Did that make it distressing to play a character with it?
"It was upsetting when mother was ill; in a way that was more upsetting than any acting will be," he says. "But you know, you just use all that. You remember what was painful about it. But it's not a disease-of-the-week drama, it's a thriller with Alzheimer's as the backdrop."
Exile is everything Brocklehurst wanted it to be: authentic, sad and funny, propelled by the motor of a thriller. I expect Brocklehurst to complain, as writers do, that he had to squeeze the story into three episodes, but in fact he immediately says he didn't want any more screen time that that.
"I think some things can outstay their welcome. I didn't want that." Abbott, meanwhile, appears to be free and easy about producing rather than writing Exile. He doesn't even seem to mind that it never became an indie film. "I don't aspire to writing movies for their own sake. I'd rather write really good television because it's more powerful. And it's more satisfying when you actually write, or commission somebody to write, the kind of drama you actually want to see."
Perhaps Abbott's generosity is due, in part, to his new-found success in America. He now spends part of the year there, co-writing US Shameless and not quite believing the monumental budgets.
"We'll never have those resources, which makes me so proud of what we've got in this country," he says. "I encountered nothing in LA that has made me feel in any way amateur. I just don't think we get enough practice at writing, we don't have enough opportunities. British writers underperform and are underused." He smiles. "Which is why a writer like Danny is so special. He's never bought me a fucking drink in his life, but his writing takes me to a place I didn't know I wanted to go."
• Exile starts on 1 May at 9pm on BBC1.
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